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Nether Again: 1900
New York, 1900. "Hotel Netherland, Fifth Avenue and 59th Street." Our sixth look at this historic hostelry. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Tall Pauls: 1901
Manhattan circa 1901. "St. Paul's Chapel and St. Paul Building -- Vesey Street and Broadway, New York." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Pumped in the Park: 1901
Ottawa County, Michigan, circa 1901. "Crescent Walk, Macatawa Park." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Bromo Tower: 1912
Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1912. "Baltimore waterfront and skyline." Dominated by the Emerson Tower at left, better known as the Bromo-Seltzer Tower, surmounted by a giant, 20-ton Bromo bottle. 8...
Switchcraft: 1943
March 1943. "Chicago, Illinois. Switchmen riding one of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe diesel switch engines." Photo by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Stop, Look, Listen: 1943
June 1943. "New Britain, Connecticut, is home to many essential war industries. A woman railroad crossing watcher letting down the gates until the train passes." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Gord...
TICKETS: 1943
April 1943. "San Augustine, Texas. Story of a small town. The waiting room in the railroad station." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Icing on the Freight: 1943
January 1943. "Icing platform of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. Blue Island Yard south of Chicago." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
The Woman in the Window: 1943
May 1943. "Beaumont, Texas. Wartime occupational replacement by women in men's traditional jobs. Lady in signal tower who operates block signals for railroad crossing." Medium format acetate nega...
Blue Island Yard: 1943
January 1943. Riverdale, Illinois. "Blue Island Yard of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad with view of the icing platform." Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.
Red Comb Feeds: 1943
January 1943. Riverdale, Illinois. "Freight operations of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. Grain elevator and mill at a siding of the Harbor Belt's Blue Island Yard south of Chicago." Medium for...
Feed Me: 1943
January 1943. "Nelson, Illinois. Chicago and North Western Railroad freight en route from Clinton, Iowa, to Chicago. Stopping for coal and water to give passenger trains the right of way." Acetat...
Pier Review: 1907
1907. "Atlantic City Boardwalk (lower right) and Young's Million-Dollar Pier." Out on the pier just beyond Marine Hall, and modeled after a popular Coney Island ride, is an attraction called The ...
Atlantic City: 1907
1907. "Atlantic City boardwalk and attractions." Including Young's Million-Dollar Pier and the Hotel Marlborough-Blenheim (Marlborough House at center and the domed Blenheim to the left). Panoram...
Heart of Cleveland: 1950
Summer 1950. "Heart of downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and Union Terminal Group (Terminal Tower and Hotel Cleveland)." Gelatin silver print by Carl McDow. View full size.
That Seventies Loo: 1976
"Bathroom for Women designed by Paul Rudolph. All mirrors by the National Association of Mirror Manufacturers. Shampoo center by Kohler. Alcoves for Kohler toilet and bidet, private but open to n...
Rolling Coal: 1942
November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Champion No. 1 cleaning plant. Loaded coal cars ready for market." Photo by John Collier, Office of War Information. View full size.
Mantrip: 1942
November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Westland coal mine. 'Mantrip' going into a drift mine." Acetate negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Clean Energy: 1942
November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Champion No. 1 coal cleaning plant. Loading cars with clean coal." Photo by John Collier, Office of War Information. View full size.
Let's Eat: 1942
November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour No. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Andy Piatnik, miner who is an Office of Civilian Defense instructor, and family at home." A...
Information Retrieval: 1942
November 1942. "Washington, D.C. Clerk and ticket seller searching for reservations at the Union Station." Acetate negative by Gordon Parks, Office of War Information. View full size.
Coal Goes to War: 1942
November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Champion No. 1 coal cleaning plant of Pittsburgh Coal Company." Photo by John Collier, Office of War Information. View full size.
Knotty in Nyack: 1941
August 4, 1941. Nyack, New York. "Dr. E. Hall Kline, residence on North Broadway. George Munson Schofield, architect. Playroom, to fireplace." The other end of the pine-paneled basement last seen...
Basement Bar: 1941
August 4, 1941. Nyack, New York. "Dr. E. Hall Kline, residence on North Broadway. George Munson Schofield, architect. Playroom, to bar." Knotty but nice. (See the comments for a post-mortem.) 5x7...
The Hereafter: 1906
Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1906. "Pine Beach -- amusements and boardwalk." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Vladeck Houses: 1941
July 14, 1941. "Vladeck Houses, view from Madison and Scammel Streets, New York City. W.F.R. Ballard; Sylvan Bien; Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, architects." Recently completed apartment buildings of th...
The Hump Master: 1942
December 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. Hump master in a Chicago and North Western Railroad yard operating a signal switch system which extends the length of the hump track. He is thus able to contro...
Hump Office: 1942
December 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. Train clerk working on his lists in the hump office at a Chicago and North Western railyard." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
Winter Light: 1942
December 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. In the roundhouse at a Chicago and North Western railyard." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Checkin Tender: 1942
December 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. Engineer taking a last look at the tender before going out on the road from a Chicago and North Western railyard." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano...